Flury - Bertauski, Tony

. .

Résumé :
When the snow falls, the legend rises. When Oliver and his mom move into his grandmother's remote mountain estate, nothing feels right. The woods are too quiet. The house is cold, rigid, and stripped of anything resembling Christmas. There are rules for everything, secrets no one will explain, and a growing sense that something is watching. While exploring the property, Oliver discovers journals from a lost Arctic expedition, a strange key, and a wooden sphere that hums in his palm. The deeper he digs, the more he uncovers a family history buried beneath layers of silence and snow. It all points to one impossible thing hiding in the surrounding forest. Something massive. Something ancient. And it's been waiting a very long time. What follows is a chilling mystery that spans generations, from a vanished Navy officer in 1881 to a boy desperate to understand his past. But something else is stirring in the forest now that Oliver has found the truth. Flury: Journey of a Snowman is a dark and thrilling twist on the classic snowman tale. If you've ever wondered what Frosty the Snowman might look like as a supernatural legend with teeth, this is your answer. Blending myth, mystery, and winter magic, it's a story about what we carry, what we uncover, and what finds us when the snow begins to fall. Sometimes the thing that saves you was never meant to be found....

Biographie:
Tony Bertauski began his writing career with magazine columns, landscape design textbooks, and a gardening column for the Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina, before turning fully to fiction. Influenced by a grandfather whose shelves overflowed with classic science fiction, his work explores consciousness, identity, and what it means to be human. In 2008, he won the South Carolina Fiction Open for his short story Four Letter Words. He is best known for the Claus Universe and the Socket Greeny Saga, writing stories that emphasize momentum, emotional connection, and unexpected twists, always with entertainment at the forefront....

Sommaire:
WHEN THE SNOW FALLS, THE LEGEND RISES. Oliver and his mom weren't looking for adventure. They just moved into Grandma's remote mountain estate. A house that radiates warmth like a tax audit. The woods are too still. The house has more rules than a casino. And Christmas? Banned. Flat out. No lights, no tree, not even a candy cane. Then Oliver starts exploring. He finds journals from an Arctic expedition that went missing in 1881, a key with no lock, and a wooden sphere that hums like it has a pulse. That's when things go from strange to upside-down. The more Oliver uncovers, the clearer it becomes: this family has secrets. Big ones. Snow-covered, bone-deep secrets. And whatever they've been hiding isn't small, cuddly, or housebroken. Something is out there. In the forest. Watching. Waiting. What follows is a chilling mystery that ties a lost naval officer to a boy desperate to untangle his family's past. Each discovery tightens the knot, each step pulls him closer to the one impossible truth: the legend of a snowman. Flury: Journey of a Snowman takes the holiday icon you thought you knew and drags it through myth, mystery, and ice-cold suspense. It's Frosty reimagined as an ancient force that doesn't care about carrot noses or magic hats. It cares about survival. Because sometimes the thing buried in the snow isn't a gift. It's a warning. Perfect for fans of R.L. Stine's Goosebumps, Neil Gaiman's Coraline, Katherine Arden's The Bear and the Nightingale, and Stephen King's The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon....